Maimonides on Life The Pain of existence, Part II Chapter 2, Law 7(e) “…Neither should a person be one prone to arguments, nor one obsessed with jealousy or obsessed with lust, nor a pursuer of honor. Likewise did the Sages state, ‘jealousy, lust and the [pursuit of] honor remove a person from the world’ (Pirkei…
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Maimonides on Life
The Power of the Human Eye, Part II Maimonides, Laws of De’os – Chapter 2, Law 7(b) “…Neither should a person be overly greedy (lit., ‘one of a wide soul’), obsessed with the pursuit of riches, nor one lazy and neglectful of work. Rather he should be one with a good eye, [of] little work…
Maimonides on Life
Maimonides on Life The Power of the Human Eye, Part I Maimonides, Laws of De’os – Chapter 2, Law 7(b) “…Neither should a person be overly greedy (lit., ‘one of a wide soul’), obsessed with the pursuit of riches, nor one lazy and neglectful of work. Rather he should be one with a good eye,…
Maimonides on Life
Maimonides, Laws of De’os – Chapter 2, Law 7(a) Torah through Laughter “One should not be a person of levity and mockery (‘s’chok v’hatail’), nor sad and somber, but cheeful (‘samai’ach’). So too did the Sages say, ‘Mockery and lightheadedness accustom [a person] to lewdness’ (Pirkei Avos 3:17 – http://www.torah.org/learning/pirkei-avos/chapter3-17a.html). They likewise commanded that a…
Smooth Talk and Self-Deception
Maimonides on Life Laws of De’os – Chapter 2, Law 6 Smooth Talk and Self-Deception Law 6 “It is forbidden for a person to accustom himself to speaking words of ‘smoothness’ and deception. And a person should not be of different mind than he speaks with his mouth (lit., ‘be one in his mouth…
Maimonides on Life
Maimonides on Life Laws of De’os – Chapter 2, Law 5 Chapter 2, Law 5 The Torah Speaks for Itself Law 5 “A fence for wisdom is silence (Pirkei Avos 3:17 (http://www.torah.org/learning/pirkei-avos/chapter3-17d.html)). Therefore, one should not hurry to respond and not speak excessively. One should teach his students with composure and calmness, without screaming and…
Maimonides on Life
Maimonides, Laws of De’os – Chapter 2, Law 4 Law 4 (end) “A person should always accustom himself to keeping silent… “So too regarding words of Torah and wisdom. The words of the scholar should be few and their content much. This is as the Sages instructed: ‘One should always teach his student in a succinct…
Laws of De’os – Chapter 2, Law 4(b)
Maimonides on Life Laws of De’os – Chapter 2, Law 4(b) Silence and the Road to Self-Discovery “A person should always accustom himself to keeping silent (lit., ‘should increase his silence’). He should speak only of matters of wisdom or matters pertaining to his living needs. It was said regarding [the Talmudic scholar] Rav,…
Chapter 2, Law 4(a)
Maimonides on Life by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld Print Version To support Torah.org click here Speech: Expressions of the Soul Chapter 2, Law 4(a) “A person should always accustom himself to keeping silent (lit., ‘should increase his silence’). He should speak only of matters of wisdom or matters pertaining to his living…
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